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Effect of chronic alcoholism on male fertility hormones and semen quality
K.R. Muthusami,P. Chinnaswamy +1 more
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Chronic alcohol consumption has a detrimental effect on male reproductive hormones and on semen quality.About:
This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2005-10-01. It has received 290 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Semen quality & Semen.read more
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Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.
Hagai Levine,Niels Jørgensen,Anderson Martino-Andrade,Jaime Mendiola,Dan Weksler-Derri,Irina Mindlis,Rachel Pinotti,Shanna H. Swan +7 more
TL;DR: This comprehensive meta-regression analysis reports a significant decline in sperm counts between 1973 and 2011, driven by a 50-60% decline among men unselected by fertility from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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Sex and gender-related differences in alcohol use and its consequences: Contemporary knowledge and future research considerations.
Almila Erol,Victor M. Karpyak +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence indicates that both sex and gender-related factors are interacting with alcohol use in complex manner, which differentially impacts the risk for development of the behavioral or medical problems and alcohol use disorders in men and women.
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Oxidative stress and male infertility
TL;DR: Lifestyle interventions including yoga and meditation can substantially improve the integrity of sperm DNA by reducing levels of oxidative DNA damage, regulating oxidative stress and by increasing the expression of genes responsible for DNA repair, cell-cycle control and anti-inflammatory effects.
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Lifestyle factors and reproductive health: taking control of your fertility
TL;DR: The present literature review encompasses multiple lifestyle factors and places infertility in context for the couple by focusing on both males and females, and aims to identify the roles that lifestyle factors play in determining reproductive status.
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Environmental/lifestyle effects on spermatogenesis
TL;DR: This review assesses potential causes involving adverse effects on testis development in perinatal life (primarily effects on Sertoli cell number) or effects on the process of spermatogenesis in adulthood, which are probably mainly reversible.
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Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years.
TL;DR: There has been a genuine decline in semen quality over the past 50 years, and as male fertility is to some extent correlated with sperm count the results may reflect an overall reduction in male fertility.
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Evidence for Decreasing Quality of Semen During Past 50 Years
TL;DR: There has been a genuine decline in semen quality over the past 50 years and as male fertility is to some extent correlated with sperm count the results may reflect an overall reduction in male fertility.
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Effect of Alcohol (Ethanol) Administration on Sex-Hormone Metabolism in Normal Men
TL;DR: It is shown that alcohol markedly affects testosterone metabolism independently of cirrhosis or nutritional factors and increased the metabolic clearance rate of testosterone in most subjects studied.